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Closed consultation on Competition Commission Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry

On 20 April 2023, the public consultation closed on the Competition Commission of South Africa Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry. The inquiry will focus on the distribution of news content produced by media companies on digital platforms and the news aggregation services provided by the platforms. In particular, the Commission aims to investigate whether the practices employed by the platforms to distribute news content distort, impede or restrict competition. The digital platforms that would be investigated include search engines, social media platforms, news aggregator websites and applications, video-sharing platforms and generative AI services, such as ChatGPT. Furthermore, the Commission will investigate the South African news media companies' interaction and dependency on digital platforms as a distributor, intermediary and link to online users for content distribution and the impact that the relationship has on the news media companies' ability to aggregate, create display and monetise the content created. Following the inquiry, the Commission will issue recommendations and adopt remedies to address practices that harm competition.

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Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, ML and AI development, search service provider, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2023-03-17
in consultation

On 17 March 2023, the Competition Commission of South Africa launched the Media and Digital Platfor…

2023-04-20
processing consultation

On 20 April 2023, the public consultation closed on the Competition Commission of South Africa Medi…

2023-09-15
adopted

On 15 September 2023, the South African Competition Commission published the final Terms of Referen…

2023-10-17
in consultation

On 17 October 2023, the South African Competition Commission opened a consultation on its Statement…

2023-11-14
processing consultation

On 14 November 2023, the South African Competition Commission closed its consultation on the Statem…

2023-12-19
in consultation

On 19 December 2023, the South African Competition Commission opened a consultation on its Further …

2024-01-22
processing consultation

On 22 January 2024, the South African Competition Commission closed the public consultation on its …